Cesar A. Hidalgo - MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/stream/132546/?sort=recent
enRefriending Facebookhttp://www.technologyreview.com/view/528756/refriending-facebook/
<p>Outrage over Facebook’s “emotional contagion” experiment shows a general misunderstanding of what Facebook is and how it works.</p><p>The Facebook feed is a bit like a sausage. Everyone eats it, even though nobody knows how it is made.</p>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:51:06 +0000http://www.technologyreview.com/view/528756/refriending-facebook/The Last 20 Inches: Data’s Treacherous Journey from the Screen to the Mindhttp://www.technologyreview.com/view/525461/the-last-20-inches-datas-treacherous-journey-from-the-screen-to-the-mind/
<p>Data is crucial to our lives, but it can be hard to make sense of. That’s what makes these visualization tools potentially transformative.</p><p><span>In a world where bits travel at thousands of miles per second, the last 20 inches of the journey—those separating the screen from the user—are where communication stops.</span></p>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:38:00 +0000http://www.technologyreview.com/view/525461/the-last-20-inches-datas-treacherous-journey-from-the-screen-to-the-mind/